Special Announcement: This bi-weekly Anatomic Pathology Newsletter will now include Harborview Medical Center information, and will be distributed to HMC and UWMC Faculty and Staff. Events and information that only apply to either HMC or UWMC will be noted.

Included in this newsletter:

October 26th - November 9th Meeting and Event Calendar

October

26th: UWMC AP Operations Meeting, 10:30AM, NE110K
28th: Pathology Research Training Seminar: Nancy Linford (Rabinovitch Lab), "Gene Expression studies in mice overexpressing mitochondrial-targeted
catalase." Thursday, October 28th at 4:00 P.M. Health Sciences Center Room T531.
29th: UWMC AP Halloween Potluck, 10:30AM - Noon, NE110K

November

2nd: Election Day - Don't forget to VOTE!
2nd: Seminar: Rapid discovery and validation of accessible tumor targets via prefractionated proteomics and molecular imaging in vivo 8:30AM, HSB, K-069. Jan E. Schnitzer, MD, Professor and Scientific Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, CA.
9th: UWMC AP Faculty QA Meeting, 10:30AM, NE110K
9th: Seminar: Pharmacological modulation of medial elastocalcinosis 8:30AM, HSB, K-069. Pierre Moreau, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Université de Montréal. Faculty Sponsor: Cecelia Giachelli.
Conferences: Click here for the complete UWMC Anatomic Pathology Conference Schedule. To access the UWMC Resident Didactic Conference Schedule, click here.
Seminars: A list of seminars can be found on our Department of Pathology website (http://www.pathology.washington.edu/).

Announcements

UWMC Charge Master Changes: UWMC is proposing technical price increases and decreases. This has been postponed until the AP Administrative Director and UWMC Finance Department can meet and discuss appropriate pricing.
3rd Annual Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology, December 1st, 4:30PM, HSB K-069: John Rubenstein, MD, PhD, Nina Ireland Distinguished Professor in Child Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco will present “Patterning of Cortical Regions and Connections.” His laboratory is interested in studying the genes that regulate regional specification and differentiation of the mammalian forebrain particularly within the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia.
Pathology Faculty Candidate Visits: The following Faculty Candidate visits are scheduled for November and December:
  • Robert B. West, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Instructor in Pathology and Staff Pathologist is the Director of the Laboratory of Immunohistochemistry at Stanford University. He will visit us on Friday, November 19th, and will present at 12:30PM in NE110K.
  • Soheil (Sam) S. Dadras, M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin Castleman Fellow in Dermatopathology, Harvard Dermatopathology Training Program, Research Fellow in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He will visit on Monday, December 6th, and will present "Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Inflammation and Tumor Progression" at 3:00PM in NE110K.
Resident Interview Information: Our first candidates will arrive on November 15th. If you received a memo from Michelle Rickard for scheduling and have not responded to her, please do so asap. All faculty members are encouraged to attend the meet and greets on interview days, at 4PM in NE110K.
UWMC Gross Room Relocation: A committee of faculty, staff, and residents has been formed to address the relocation of the gross room during the renovation. Below is the projected time line for the project. Please contact Dan Luff (danluff@u.washington.edu) for additional details.
  • Relocate gross lab April 4, 2005
  • Construction begins April 11, 2005
  • Substantial completion August 26, 2005
  • Final completion September 23, 2005
Netscape change to Mozilla (HMC and UWMC): Netscape, which is currently installed on all Pathology computers and used by many for email, is no longer being developed by the company. As a result, we are going to switch to Mozilla for both an Internet browser and email (Internet Explorer will remain available for Internet browsing). The installation will not interrupt your workflow, and Mozilla's browser and email are practically identical to Netscape, so it will be an easy transition. The most noticeable difference will be the icons on your computer desktop, which will be titled "Mozilla" and "Mail." PCS will send out notification soon with more information, and the change should be completed by November 8th. If you have any questions, please forward them to Michael Middlebrooks (michael@pathology.washington.edu).
Reminder: The multi-headed scope in BB220 (UWMC) is now available for use.
Department of Pathology Holiday Party: Save the date for Friday, December 17th, from 3:00 - 6:00PM for the Pathology Holiday Party. It will be held at South Campus Center in room 316.
New HMC Employee: Cynthia Simmons will join the HMC Cytology Prep Lab as the new Clinical Lab Assistant on November 1st. Cynthia comes to us from Bellevue Community College, where she worked in a lab. Please welcome Cynthia on November 1st!
New UWMC Employee: Please welcome new employee Holly Predd who will begin her new position in the EM Lab as an Anatomic Pathology Technologist on Nov. 1st. Holly has a background in both Electronmicroscopy and Immunohistochemistry.